Hello all. I have acquired one of the AB-577 mast kits with the extension to 75'. I am needing to erect this on a parking lot type area, asphalt. We are not permitted to penetrate the asphalt so we n
This is going to be during memorial day weekend for a hamfest. We're setting up on an asphalt parking lot area. We're trying to provide wireless internet access to the participants and their families
50 pounds on top I estimate. I didn't think about vehicles because this would be up for 4 or 5 days for a ham fest memorial day weekend. I got this tower from an old ham who said he was getting too o
I like the hitch idea. As long as no one "forgets" and drives off with the tower! This would be a 4 or 5 day setup but I guess if we found folks who aren't planning on going anywhere that would be id
Would probably be 50 pounds +/- on top. 50' might be enough but we have to go a bit higher depending on signal. We're doing LOS with this. Would the 450 be enough to hold the thing down? I like the i
I'm pro-pole but I have yet to personally use one but from my experience, there are usually GOOD poles in the pile, you just need to sort through it. Linemen use a hammer to thump the poles near the
Forgot to add this, one big benefit from using poles is that in most areas, one does not need any permits from the local powers that be to install a pole. Just dig the hole and chuck it in. Hello, My
I've used thin wall EMT for mast. The EMT, however, is not intended for a rigid mast but the alloy is made so that it can be easily bent in order to hug the wall and have wire ran through it. Not a g
I'd go deeper without question. Over engineering isn't going to hurt as far as making the mass of the base bigger. Adding steel, however, may effect it in ways that we haven't had experience with. As
??????????? The Tesla Coil!!!!!!!!!!! Nowadays the Tesla Coil is just a sideshow spectacle with few people doing any serious experiments with it. The cool thing, however, is that he was broadcasting
I'm sorry, I thought you talking about the entire coil. The thing at the bottom is actually part of the coil, it's the primary or collector. Here's a good picture of a home built coil and you can see
I wonder if a giant Tesla coil would be considered an antenna in Palmdale? I guess I wasn't clear in my question yesterday. Yes, I know about Tesla coils. And I understand how the corona in the "oo"
If Tesla really DID work on fans for Westinghouse, I can't even imagine what sort of Tesla twists he would have put on them. And then again, he may have just added one of those water misters just cau
Most, if not all, tall buildings now are constructed with a dampening system at the top to counteract the sway. When I first saw the segway I had a thought that someday similar technology may do away
Right now some guy is in his basement having a eureka moment and pulling out his welder............ --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.co
Could you elaborate on the shenanigans that caused the nasty reputation? I have been looking at a tower he has for awhile now and he doesn't seem to come out with any useful information, just general
This is indeed a BX and yep, they are aluminum. A lot of the rivets are corroded and I had a quick though when I started on it to replace the ones that were corroded but figured it wouldn't be worth
I was just figured I would just do one at a time, that way it was all in alignment. I actually have a new one of these but am using it at another place we have. Got this for cheap so I don?t mind put
A friend had a funny comment yesterday...... "Just heap up about 6 foot of dirt next to the garage, grow some grass on it then go get the permit." Robert that's exactly what I did with my Bx tower, I
Thanks, Jay! You da man! You know, I called 3, THREE!, companies here in Central Ohio who advertise this service and at each one, they were going to have the "salesman call you back". No one has ever